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Bloodbearer

By emielboven

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Graphics3503.68
Mood4273.25
Fun5153.15
Audio5202.88
Overall6253.15
Humor6752.15
Innovation10522.23
Theme11311.75

Comments

alobker 2016-04-19 17:48

Very cool, although there was not a lot of shape shifting involved.

chromebookbob 2016-04-19 17:49

Cute little skeletons, really polished

fafastudio 2016-04-19 17:52

Pretty neat at first but no shapeshifting and the ghost thing made the game crash !

jk5000 2016-04-19 17:53

The game is okay, but I find it a bit too difficult. The visual style and music is great. Overall well done.

eighthnote 2016-04-19 17:54

This is really fun! Love the art, and the combat feels good.

fullmontis 2016-04-19 17:55

I like the clean graphical style. The game was a little too easy, enemies seem to drop around me without me doing almost anything. I also killed the werewolf in just seconds without getting hit. I think it should be more challenging. I also don't see how thia game was inspired by the theme. But I still think it was a fun little game.

fafastudio 2016-04-19 17:57

Nice little game, good graphics , maybe you should add a "block" option at least against skilets so the game would be easier and more fun :) Special mention for the werewolf , he's really bad ass :p

sol_hsa 2016-04-19 17:58

Can you make a webgl export?

zerofaction 2016-04-19 17:59

Really well done. I really liked the art and the crispness of the controls. I didn't see how it fit the theme but overall great game. Right clicking in the game made it crash for me, but I did make it to the imaginary victory screen! Yay!

simon123 2016-04-19 17:59

A nice little hack-n-slash. I really liked the character animations, and the accompanying swishes and swooshes sound effects. The music was very good and set a great mood for the game. The combat felt a bit simple and repetitive: run backwards while spamming attacks got you through most of the game. The game crashed when I got killed by a ghost. Overall pretty decent.

joemid 2016-04-19 18:00

You had my heart pumping there!!! Fun game!

monklet80 2016-04-19 18:04

A game of tactical retreats. :D Very enjoyable, I liked learning how to fight, you had a cool big boss. No complaints, really. Nice one.

coderdozer 2016-04-19 18:06

Just like how I play dark souls, "run away". Awesome artwork.

stefenism 2016-04-19 18:08

I thought this game was awesome! Well done. The art was good, the music was fitting and the gameplay was solid. I can't help but think that you were thinking about dark souls as well the entire weekend.

homeworld 2016-04-19 18:08

The character feels like it slides a little too much and might have been a little too easy. However art, music, combat all we're great.

allstar602 2016-04-19 18:15

Awesome, the graphics were enjoyable. I was wondering when the shapeshifting was going to happen. I liked how it was at the end. However, to make it more dramatic, you should center the camera on the werewolf when he is transforming.

huvaakoodia 2016-04-19 18:23

The graphics are pretty good and the idea is great. I can't see the theme applied at all, but that's not a biggie. It is gameplay that bothers me.

There's no sense of weight to your movements or attacks. The character is always sliding around no matter the facing direction. Even when attacking there's no slowdown.

The skeletons also move at a constant speed directly towards the player, getting stuck on fences and obstacles in the process. You could use the Unity pathfinding system to avert that. It's not difficult to set up, look it up.

Another issue is taking damage. There are no invincibility frames after taking a hit meaning a group of enemies can slice you to pieces in an instant. The enemy attack animation should have a slight delay before inflicting damage to indicate that harm is on its way.

The ghost is a rather neat adversary, but really hard to dodge without a dodge roll (which would be a nice feature).

The boss monster has telegraphed attacks and is slower than the skellingtongs so good job on that.

zaywolfe 2016-04-19 18:32

Really nice game. The repeating music started getting on my nerves though.

roadtosalvation 2016-04-19 20:24

No shape shifting here folks. Art was good, combat was simple- just run backward and slash. if you try to fight they just seem to hit you even when they're not near you. could use more blob enemies. final boss just stood there will I killed him before he ever attacked and then nothing else happened so I guess I beat it? Fun game overall, good mood.

kappaix 2016-04-19 20:31

Really got into it. Killed the boss (woop woop). My favourite bit was actually the character sprite, really liked it.

Well done!

manusaiz 2016-04-19 20:34

As a fan of dark souls games, I enjoyed the mood very much, congratulations for the map it was amazing and really big! Also the promo image is really cool, and the animations and sfx are really polished! Really good entry

You should definetly check LICH, our entry is based on Skelletons too! I think you will enjoy it and we would really appreciate your feedback Emielboven :)

obvious-industries 2016-04-19 20:40

Was a bit too easy, especially the werewolf. But I really love the graphics and it seems pretty polished

solocov 2016-04-19 20:46

Nice graphical style, really liked the animations of the characters.
Some suggestions:
-Lower the experience curve, this leads to more gameplay and more players can enjoy it
-Make the boss stronger... Alot!!
-SHAPESHIFTING where is it ?
-WebGL
-+(incase you dont know how to install it:)
-++Download the installer of Unity
-++Uncheck everything to install
-++Check the WebGL module
-++install it and start Unity :P
-Better feedback when your player dies, particles, small death animation, wait a little before resetting

But over all nice game :P

captainpilot 2016-04-19 21:21

Very nice game - my favourite I've played so far :) I guess the boss is the shapeshift bit? That's kinda tenuous tho! I think I walked too far back on him and he despawned and wouldn't come back, so I couldn't complete the game :(

le_sarus 2016-04-20 09:09

The combat could use a bit of work to make it feel like you actually hit a target. But the art work is very nice.

obsessivenotion 2016-04-20 09:16

The combat needs more work. It is difficult to see if they will attack me or not

raptorij 2016-04-20 09:35

easy game very big attack splash

khanatos 2016-04-20 10:51

Nice game!

witchlake 2016-04-20 11:04

Nice graphics but I don't see the theme.

de_von 2016-04-20 11:16

The art is very cool. Original and unusual.

ducktieteam 2016-04-20 11:31

Amazing game, had a lot of fun playing it, always like hack-n-slash games, pretty difficult, which I found very appropriate(mini-mini-mini Dark Souls, with no saves). Would be nice to have GAME OVER screen, since when I completed the game, I was walking, searching for next level. I liked having variety of enemies, and EPIC BOSS BATTLE, but boss might have been more difficult to defeat.

demane_f 2016-04-20 14:12

cool game but crash when we die at level 2 !

madalaski 2016-04-20 14:14

Fluid combat, great artwork and the music was pretty good for 2 artists who have "no talent" for it.

fumiko 2016-04-20 14:15

very moody title, had fun playing through the levels

berserker_chris 2016-04-20 15:04

Really hard game, nice graphics.

pov 2016-04-20 15:07

When you see this, contact me. http://ludumdare.com/compo/contact/

millefey 2016-04-20 16:41

Loved the style of this game, especially the main character! Was a bit of a tough cookie at first but I did beat it (though I'm not sure I saw the shapeshifting take place.. the boss died quickly). Great job though!

neondx 2016-04-20 19:15

this game was quite cool but the music was really annoying

gollunk 2016-04-20 19:16

Good attempt, next time you should to improve your hitboxes : it's a bit ambigous. Don't see the shapeshifting stuff however.

lostviking 2016-04-20 19:21

The game world is really good with nice graphics and character design. The gameplay felt responsiv and was fun at first but became a bit too easy and repetitiv.

nextreality 2016-04-20 19:35

The graphics are very nice, and the overall combat is simple and fun, but I do agree that the music can get a little...intense on the ears. As a fellow artist though, I commend you for your coding abilities of which I have none, so good job making all of this in the limited time available!

dyn 2016-04-20 19:36

Cute game

thecain 2016-04-21 00:01

Pretty Fun.
Hit detection was a little off, and the boss was very easy.

roland-m 2016-04-21 00:39

Just great. =]

kestrelgames 2016-04-21 01:35

Cute! I think maybe moving the healthbar so it doesn't seem to be falling off the top corner of the screen might help, it was actually quite hard to notice at first. And a death animation or screen could be nice :) I think removing the repeating ticking noise would greatly improve the music too, which is actually not bad! The animations were very nice, impressed for the short amount of time. Incidentally when the skeletons are at the bell, they often just get stuck on the platform, so I could just run up and poke them.

weeping-rupee 2016-04-21 03:51

I like the look, and it feels good except that my sword swing radius seems like its too much. Alls I have to do is back up and wait until enemies get almost close enough to touch me and swing swing swing. I mean I know its alot to ask for something that looks so nice and was made in such a short time frame but I just wish there was more strategy to fighting. It feels fun, no doubt, but I'm not making any choices.

Also, I beat the werewolf on the first try because he got stuck on one of those green fire lanterns. I did get to watch him do some neat animations though.

Kudos!

zzapp 2016-04-21 06:27

Neat game, the graphics and audio were great and mechanics were really smooth, nice job.

mightytoaststudio 2016-04-21 07:16

Great artwork and nice gameplay. Good work!!!

edocreate 2016-04-21 07:23

Good, but not enough:P Pretty gameplay and sound

diebackstudios 2016-04-21 07:47

cool entry but didnt saw much to any of shapeshifting. good game keep improving

the-m 2016-04-21 16:58

Cool, not related to the theme at all and pretty fun to play. There were some graphical oddities (mostly missing walls) and I didn't like how the camera couldn't keep up with the player but the rest is all good and polished.

micah-goodhue 2016-04-21 17:37

Overall pretty fun, I would love more health potions though. It also lagged a little bit here and there, that might just be on my end though

wisedawn 2016-04-21 17:43

Very enjoyable. I would love to see you work more on this and make a (perhaps) lighthearted 2D Bloodborne!

mountainstorm 2016-04-21 17:59

Lovely animation, and the whole control felt good

mieeh 2016-04-21 18:18

Kinda awkward and clunky mechanics in my opinion but it worked okay. The graphics are nice though.

santiandrade 2016-04-21 18:22

The graphics are cool but the player control is a bit confused. The attack action is not fine. But overall is a good game, congratulations!

balbinoaylagas 2016-04-21 20:22

i liked some aspects of the game the graphics i loved, the animations where cool, the enemies where also cool. the environment i liked too except for the invisible walls. the control run smoothly but there are sometimes to many enemies at once, and little theme in it. overall great game!

team_disposable 2016-04-21 21:01

Loved the graphics and the mood of it. The main mechanic was simple but enjoyable. It's a pretty difficult game! Also, my game crashed out at the ghost. Also also, you can delete the pdb files, apparently they are debug files. Also also also, I really liked the music and found the sword sound effects really effective. Looking forward to whatever it next!

andyman404 2016-04-21 21:03

Nice job! I liked the aesthetics, artwork and music.

wolves-direwolf 2016-04-21 21:52

Way cool. Enjoyed the fight mechanics,graphics and atmosphere.

oliver_mb 2016-04-21 22:34

Very cool, it's funny. The music is crazy, I like it. ^^

tobia88 2016-04-22 06:48

Cool, but that's no shape shifting at all

coborax 2016-04-22 15:03

Didn't really know how this has something to do about shapeshifting?!

edocentrique 2016-04-22 18:09

It's hard to survive, I fancy your design !

wusakko 2016-04-23 07:36

Nice game but how about the theme? And where did the werewolf go? :D

jacob2512 2016-04-23 09:49

Hard game... like the graphics though... it would have been nice to show that the player was facing forward and back as well instead of just left and right

samlo 2016-04-23 12:22

Really love the art style! Really polished. Would love to see you guys take this further!

dssiege11 2016-04-23 12:59

Very pretty but oh so difficult ^^' It might help if the enemies were a bit slower.

vidsneeze 2016-04-24 07:18

I'm all about that upward slash. Great Game.

dat_not_my_game 2016-04-24 07:46

Atmospheric 2D simple hardcore slasher. Unrelated to theme.

shael 2016-04-24 08:45

Smooth gameplay. Nice work

banana-hammers 2016-04-24 09:22

Very cool game, it has allot of potential to be a great game.

hunttis 2016-04-24 12:15

Ok, should've guessed, a game by two artists looks great! The animations look really good, as do all the characters. Don't worry about the programming part, it's not an innate skill, but a learned one :)

The controls are a bit floaty and sometimes it's hard to see who you hit, when you swing. Very light on the shapeshifting too :D

asturk 2016-04-24 15:39

Very good game, The graphics of it were great and the game mechanic is fun. I just think that should be a little more fight moves for the player, if you keep this project! and i feel the theme was kind missing too. But very good job!

tentacode 2016-04-24 17:27

Cool graphics :) watch out for non azerty friendly inputs, also the reset was a bit hard upon dieying, a little timer could be nice !

hyden 2016-04-24 17:33

I really liked the main character design.

tomlum 2016-04-24 20:35

Solid mechanics and wonderfully beautiful world.

ibzy 2016-04-24 23:57

Nice fun and pretty game. Shapeshift was present with the werewolf at the end so ticked the boxes.
Combat seemed a little buggy where enemies would die without me attacking.

Beat the boss but had nowhere to go from there.

2016-04-25 13:30

Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description

lumscum 2016-04-25 16:09

Decently fun game! I would've liked to have a better indication that I was dying! Or some sort of "You Died" pop up! It was always jarring to just pop back at the start of the game.

markusfisch 2016-04-26 16:53

Great graphics, animations and sound effects! Really sells the mood! Love it!

xanjos 2016-04-26 22:56

There's not much in terms of gameplay (seeing as your main forte is art rather than coding) but in terms of graphics, it's a pretty well polished entry.

mooncalf 2016-04-27 01:21

Great job. Was fun to play. It looked very nice and I think it may benefit from a pixel perfect camera.

matiasbontempo 2016-04-28 01:35

The game felt solid and good to play. However, when you get hit you don't have any feedback. I died many times without knowing why.

reismahnic 2016-04-29 06:21

Really nice visuals. Core gameplay was responsive. Really tense, and a lot of that was helped by the audio, I think. Great work.

egos 2016-04-29 10:51

very well polished but damn its hard

louspirit 2016-04-29 11:23

Great graphics and mood, congratulations guys!

terryg 2016-04-29 11:25

Very nicely done. Good graphics and nice game play. Another potion in the beginning would have been nice. I didn't get far enough to see how it fit the shape shifting.

apantaloni 2016-04-29 11:59

Enjoyable entry! A death animation would have been great, as is it's a bit sudden. Also when you are it there isn't much feedback besides the health bar going down. The boss is almost the easiest part. The characters and enemies graphics are cool and I also liked the music. Overall I'd say it's a very nice start and I hope to see this developed further.

okoto 2016-04-29 12:47

Conditions and feedback when taking damage should be clearer. About game design: invisible walls are the best option?, also it is possible to rush without actually playing. Overall: nice and beautiful.

geckoo1337 2016-04-29 14:21

Amazing work on the aesthetic. A good gameplay for those who like this genre. Really polished for a game which has been develloped in a few days. It reminds me Gauntlet. Well done ++

pixelpotions 2016-04-29 14:39

Solid entry! Had fun while playing. The only problem I had was that the music eventually became pretty repetitive, other then that excellent job!

chriiis88 2016-04-29 16:34

It's unfinished (as you said) but quite fun nonetheless. A bit more feedback for hits on enemies would have been nice (screenshake, bones flying off, stuff like that).

cliffracerx 2016-04-29 19:31

Not sure how this works with the theme, but fun none-the-less. The graphics were pretty nice, though the audio could've used a bit of work. Overall not too bad.

aaranos 2016-04-29 21:54

I love the art and music. The gameplay is also pretty good, but some kind of delay after death would have added to it.

phoenix1987 2016-04-29 23:29

Clean fun game, good music. but im not sure where shape shifting comes into play though

adipson 2016-04-30 08:36

Very nice concept!

derr 2016-04-30 15:57

I died a LOT but somehow you managed to make it not that frustrating. There is not a lot of random stuff going on, so with each run I could use my knowledge from a previous try. Combat was very difficult.. I couldn't figure out how to best avoid getting hit yet still getting my own damage in. Maybe a dodge or parry mechanic would be cool in a later update if you pursue this idea. Well done! :)

kate-kligman 2016-04-30 20:28

I like the pacing and enemy spawns. This is fun!

kairosxiii 2016-05-03 04:09

Love the art and animations. That ambiance audio track really set the mood.

buddydoq 2016-05-06 00:04

The look, sound, and feel of this game are ON POINT. Didn't feel like the theme was well represented (Werewolf is a shapeshifter, I supposed). Mad props for having such a complete project, that's also a blast to play.

jaenis 2016-05-08 15:39

Really cool game! It felt a lot like Dark Souls to me :)
Great combat and atmosphere!

nightshadow0 2016-05-09 00:13

Could use more feedback when you're hit, first time i died it just suddenly restarted and i didn't quite know what happened. The collision box is a bit off too, you can hit the enemies from quite a bit away, especially the boss; once i figured that out, the game became really easy. Solid entry though, nice work.

ludipe 2016-05-09 22:22

Combat could use some improvements to make challenges deeper but the game is quite polished and the art is pretty cool, well done! :-)